National Ethical Investment Week rebranded as Good Money Week to broaden remit October 20, 2014 Those of you feverishly anticipating the return of National Ethical Investment Week will have been disappointed yesterday by its demise. The campaign has been killed off by the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) and rebranded as Good Money Week. Why? “To make it more accessible to a wider audience,” says the group’s website. [...]
Boris Johnson continues gas-bagging at #AskBoris Twitter question time October 20, 2014 Boris Johnson flexed his fingers and hit Twitter yesterday for his monthly #AskBoris question time and, as usual, the mayor didn’t disappoint with his flamboyant answers. He made an extraterrestrial quip when asked about the reinstatement of Peckham Lido, tweeting #takemetoyourlido. He said if he were to spend a night in any building at [...]
Florentijn Hofman’s giant sculpture HippopoThames hits St Katharine Docks October 20, 2014 Visitors to the City’s St Katherine Docks might have noticed an interesting addition of late. Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman’s giant sculpture HippopoThames has been resident for a few weeks and this weekend will be honoured with a special hippo-themed family day on Saturday, replete with games and treats. We can’t wait.
Emma Kane: Three things you didn’t know about the CEO and founder of Redleaf Polhill October 20, 2014 1 In the 1980s, Emma was a professional tenor saxophonist, having studied jazz and popular music. Today she gets her musical kicks through being chairman of the Barbican Centre Trust, a role to which she was appointed in September. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Board Director of Grange [...]
Bob Diamond sends first tweet on daughter Nell’s wedding day October 20, 2014 What a weekend it was for Bob Diamond. The ex-Barclays boss watched his daughter Nell get married to fellow finance bod Teddy Wasserman, and (more importantly) he popped his Twitter cherry – sending his first tweet ever, having joined the social networking site back in July. “Father of the Bride @nelliediamond #nellandteddy,” he [...]
Missing Bake-Off? Diageo wants to see Great British Shake-Off October 19, 2014 Bemoaning the end of Great British Bake-Off? Well if Diageo has anything to do with it we could all be watching the Great British Shake-Off soon, replacing cakes with boozy cocktails. “If we can have a programme that millions of people tune into to watch people bake cakes, why can’t we have a programme where [...]
Lord Tim Bell’s new book Right or Wrong a hit with old pals at Mark’s Club launch October 16, 2014 Lord Tim Bell invited friends and associates last night to celebrate the launch of his new book, Right or Wrong, at the delightfully elusive Mark’s Club – putting any of last week’s furore over his unfortunate comments to the press behind him. Politicos, including Iain Duncan Smith and Michael Portillo, popped in to get books [...]
Pinsent Masons fulfills employees’ Phantasy with artist in residence, photographer Rachel Louise Brown October 16, 2014 City-based law firm Pinsent Masons has fulfilled its employees’ artistic dreams with a selection of work called Phantasy. The law firm rather uniquely has an artist in residence, photographer Rachel Louise Brown, and she has created a number of portraits of the staff. “There can be no doubt that these images provide fascinating insights into [...]
Movember founders Travis Garone and JC help launch this year’s campaign at Proud October 15, 2014 There were more moustaches than you could shake a Tom Selleck DVD at in Camden’s Proud Galleries last night, for the official launch of Movember. Founders Travis Garone and JC mingled with partners from Gillette to HP Sauce. There was also a gaggle of the City’s mo bros in attendance, including one of Deutsche Bank’s [...]
West End’s wealth management industry bites back at City with Grouse & Grape Luncheon October 14, 2014 Mayfair’s wealth management industry had its full plumage on show yesterday at the annual Grouse & Grape Luncheon, in the decidedly lavish Dartmouth House. The event, in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, was as much a networking event as a fundraiser, with old friends catching up over grouse baps and Laurent-Perrier. “They have lots of [...]
